the twinery & my little shoebox | blog hop

Hello Crafty Friends, Welcome to the Blog Hop featuring the design teams from

You should have arrived here from the blog of the lovely Liz Chidester. To make sure you don't miss a stop, begin at The Twinery blog for the full lineup.

NOTE: This giveaway is now closed.

I'm so pleased to be sharing with you my project today. While I was out shopping yesterday, I used a coupon to purchase this Sizzix mini book die. Love it! I had to quickly scramble to begin creating, finish the project and photograph them in time for the hop. I actually made two...one for each of my girls. They're really beginning to get into photography, telling stories and ask me to make them journals and mini albums all the time.

See that cute paper flower? I used this tutorial, but when I saw the book print paper from My Little Shoebox, I just knew that I needed to find a way to incorporate twine into this paper flower idea.

I punched six scalloped shapes and in the center of the flower, punched two 1/16" holes. I strung Lemondrop baker's twine {instead of using a brad} up through the first hole, wrapped my needle with twine five times and then threaded the needle back through the second hole. In effect, I made a french knot with baker's twine. You'll be rewarded with an adorable handcrafted paper flower!

The cover of my mini books incorporates Blossom, Maraschino and Lemondrop baker's twine and papers from the Happy Go Lucky collection. These albums are so perfect for my precious and energetic girls to fill with their drawings of the wildflowers we see everyday and photos of our new puppy and accomplishments they've made this Summer...swimming without water wings, riding a bicycle without training wheels and...

Punched some 1/16" holes and sewed a trimmed journaling spot to the page with Honeydew and used the Mini Alphabet Sticker from My Little Shoebox in Red Lipstick.

After adhering two glue dots to the base of this paper clip, I wound Cantaloupe twine into a swirl! The shipping tag uses Mandarin tied into a bow. I fussy cut the clouds from the Happy Go Lucky collection, On Cloud 9.

And I had to add some Denim for my youngest who adores all things blue. It's tied to a tag I made and inserted into the pocket made from a journaling spot machine-stitched to my page.

Did you see how I used a bit of baker's twine on each and every page of the mini book? Love, love, love The Twinery twine and just adore all the fun and sweet papers and journaling spots and alpha stickers from My Little Shoebox, it was a joy to create with them. Your next stop on the hop is with the lovely Monique Liedtke. But wait...

when you hop along with us all week long,

you could win four spools of baker's twine in your choice of colors

and

two fabulous collections from My Little Shoebox

All you have to do to be eligible to win is visit the participating blogs on the hop each day and leave a comment. Deadline to leave comments to win in 11:59 pm EDT, Saturday, June 23, 2012. Winners will be announced on The Twinery and My Little Shoebox blogs.